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RE: Win32lib menus

• Posted by Derek Parnell <Derek.Parnell at SYD.RABOBANK.COM> Jun 17, 2002
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Wolf,
it has been suggested by a few GUI specialists that the "command" type of
Menu is poor programming practice. It is in effect a button on the menu bar.
The paradigm of a menu is that users can browse their options before
selecting. Placing a 'button' that looks like a menu can be confusing for
beginners and experienced users alike. Their normal expectation is that by
clicking on the 'button' that a list of menu items will dropdown. But by
changing this paradigm so that clicking will cause a program action instead,
could lead to an inconsistent user interface. 

The three common solutions to this UI affordance is to either ...
 a) Add some visual clue as to the menu's true nature, such as a "!" in its
text.
 b) Add a single menuitem to it that actually performs the programmed action
when selected.
 c) Don't use a command menu at all, but use a button. Either on the
window's background surface or in a toolbar. In fact I think this is the
very reason that toolbars became into use.

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Derek.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wolf [mailto:wolfritz at KING.IGS.NET]
> Sent: Tuesday, 18 June 2002 3:38
> To: EUforum
> Subject: Win32lib menus
> 
> 
> 
> Has anyone ever figured out  if / how  ...  a 'command' menu 
> type can be added to win32lib code.
> This is an item in the top menu bar that will trigger an 
> event if clicked. There is no associated 'popup', ( or dropdown
>   )
> 
> Wolf
> 
> 
> 
> 

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